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03447aim a2200505Mi 4500 001 E0CD459E68C411EE82CCA71150ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231012010128 006 m dq h 007 cs nza|||auuuu 007 sz zunznnnzneu 008 220822s2022 ohunnnn q f n eng d 020 $a 1668627027 020 $a 9781668627020 028 02 $a 44145 $b Findaway World 035 $a (OCoLC)1341999431 040 $a PLAYA $b eng $e rda $c PLAYA $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d IM9 $d SILO 050 4 $a Q162 $b .N674 2022 082 04 $a 500 $2 23 100 1 $a Novella, Steven, $e narrator. $e narrator. 245 14 $a The skeptics' guide to the future : $b what yesterday's science and science fiction tell us about the world of tomorrow / $c Dr. Steven Novella. 264 1 $a Solon, Ohio : $b Findaway World, LLC, $c [2022] 300 $a 1 audio media player (14 hr.) : $b digital, HD audio ; $c 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. 306 $a 140000 500 $a Title supplied by publisher. 500 $a Release date supplied by publisher. 500 $a Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. 500 $a One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. 500 $a Previously released by Blackstone Audio. 511 0 $a Read by the author. 520 $a "From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe," a high-tech roadmap of the future in their beloved voice, cracking open the follies of futurists past and how technology will profoundly change our world, redefining what it means to be human. Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in the 1920s, like multi-purpose utility belts with climate control capabilities and planes the size of luxury cruise ships, or the forecasts of the '60s, which didnt anticipate the sexual revolution or womens liberation, the path to the present is littered with failed predictions and incorrect estimations. The best we can do is try to absorb the lessons from futurism's checkered past, perhaps learning to do a little better. In THE SKEPTICS' GUIDE TO THE FUTURE, Steven Novella and his co-authors build upon the work of futurists of the past by examining what they got right, what they got wrong, and how they came to those conclusions. By exploring the pitfalls of each era, they give their own speculations about the distant future, transformed by unbelievable technology ranging from genetic manipulation to artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Applying their trademark skepticism, they carefully extrapolate upon each scientific development, leaving no stone unturned as they lay out a vision for the future."-- $c Provided by publisher. 521 $a Adult. 650 0 $a Science $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Science $x Forecasting $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Technological forecasting $v Popular works. 650 7 $a Science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108176 650 7 $a Science $x Forecasting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108253 650 7 $a Technological forecasting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01144998 655 7 $a Popular works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423846 710 2 $a Playaway Digital Audio, $e publisher. 710 2 $a Findaway World, LLC, $e publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011702.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E0CD459E68C411EE82CCA71150ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IM9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search